I am a compulsive traveler on a life-mission to visit every country on Earth. This blog is a journal of my experiences. I hope to share anecdotes, photos and useful information (like visa procedures!). If you want to contact me, please follow me on twitter: @insertindian.

Letter from a friend in Chile inviting me to stay. (luckily I knew someone there).

AUD$48 fee.

Filled application form

Valid passport

Letter from my employer saying that I’m employed

A letter from me explaining why I want to visit Chile

Bank statements (certified by the bank) for the last 6 months

Experience:Very painful. Obviously no one at the consulate knew what they were doing. It took me 1 week to get a list of required documents and the application process from them (at least 5 phone calls, and emails). Even then, they gave me an incomplete list of documents. Wasted another week because I needed an appointment to go submit my application. Then they tell me I need more documents. So another week wasted to make another appointment. Then they had to seek approval from their ministry in Chile. That took 10 days or so. I had to go in again to submit my passport and payment. Then I had to go again a week later to get my passport with the visa back from them.

All this for a 6 day transit in Chile.

Recommendation: If you need a visa for Chile, you better have lots of spare time on your hands, and you better have a friend in Chile.